Registered Nurse - HMP Liverpool

The Methodist Church in Britain; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Competitive salary

Enhanced weekend and night rates

Comprehensive development strategy for

clinical staff

Stable, long-term career opportunities

Job summary

Spectrum Community Health is seeking a Primary Care Nurse for the Health and Justice division, based at HMP Liverpool. The role covers wound care, immunisations and national screening, with shift patterns and full-time hours.

You must hold NMC Registration as a Level 1 nurse in Adult, General or Mental Health, and be prepared to work in a dynamic prison health environment delivering autonomous clinical care and triage.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Level 1 with NMC registration.
• Experience in primary care nursing in complex environments.
• Ability to work in a prison health setting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver primary care clinics including wound care, immunisations and national screening programmes.
• Assess and triage patients and route them to urgent care pathways.
• Carry out early days in custody health assessments for new arrivals.
• Make autonomous clinical judgements during triage.

Skills

Clinical governance

Phlebotomy

ECG monitoring

Wound care

Immunisations

Confidentiality

Education

NMC registration (Level 1)

Job description

Primary Care Nurse post in the Health and Justice division of Spectrum Community Health, based at HMP Liverpool, a Category B local prison. The role covers primary care clinics for wound care, immunisations and national screening, urgent assessment and triage, and early days in custody health assessments for new arrivals. Patients come from a high-turnover population, and the post is full-time with shift work. Applicants need NMC registration as a Registered Nurse Level 1 in adult, general or mental health.

What the job involves

• Deliver primary care clinics, including tissue viability, wound care, immunisations, vaccinations and national screening programmes
• Assess and triage patients with acute presentations and route them to appropriate urgent care pathways
• Carry out early days in custody assessments for new arrivals, identifying health needs and linking them to care
• Make autonomous clinical judgements during triage that shape patient outcomes
• Work with prison colleagues and partner agencies, attending key meetings and contributing to integrated care

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Level 1 in adult, general or mental health

Registration & licences

• NMC registration

Experience

• Experience of working in a complex environment managing deteriorating patients

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of current healthcare issues
• Knowledge of clinical governance, audit, risk management and quality agenda
• Competence in clinical practice, such as phlebotomy and ECG monitoring
• Understanding and application of confidentiality

Nice to have

• Mentorship, supervision, teaching, assessing experience or training
• Experience of working in a Health & Justice environment
• Experience of health needs assessment or triage

  What’s offered

  • NHS pension
  • Competitive salary
  • Enhanced weekend and night rates
  • Comprehensive development strategy for clinical staff
  • Stable, long-term career opportunities